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By Jorn Christensen The World Radiocommunication Conference, WRC-2000, was held in Istanbul, Turkey from May 8 to June 2. More than 2,500 delegates from more than 140 countries attended this...

By Robert N. Wold The high-technology industry that designs and manufactures communications satellites had its beginnings only 40-some years ago. It has already stirred a potpourri of fascinating corporate sagas,...

It won’t be long before the question of how effective regional geostationary satellites will be in competition with the Big LEO satellite telephony provider is answered. P.T. Pasifik Satelit Nusantara...

Gilat-To-Home Inc., the satellite-based, broadband Internet service provider, has named David Trachtenberg as its president and chief marketing officer. Trachtenberg, who recently joined Gilat-To-Home, was president and chief operating officer...

Costa Rica-based Satellite Communications Central America (SCCA) has placed an initial order for 1,000 VisTrac satellite-based fleet monitoring systems from Golden, Colo.-based American Millenium Corp. Inc. [AMCI]. The VisTrac systems...

Globalstar USA [VOD], the U.S.-based provider of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] satellite telephony services, announced international roaming service in Australia, just in time for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games scheduled to...

WildBlue Inc. of Denver, formerly iSky, said it has invested in a semiconductor design company, U.S. Monolithics LLC, that will play a key role in Wild Blue’s construction of a...

The troubles of the mobile satellite industry have been documented well in the trade press. From the high-profile bankruptcy of Iridium LLC to the recent financial troubles at Orbcomm [ORB],...

Tachyon Inc., of San Diego, a satellite-based supplier of two-way access to the Internet via satellite, has named Rick Adams as its chief marketing officer. He will be responsible for...

While the rest of the satellite industry is bracing itself for another potential high-profile disaster, this time on the Little LEO side of the fence, Orbital Communications Corp. (Orbcomm) execs...